Cheat Codes

Cheat mode

Enter the "Options" menu. Select "Cheats", then "Enter New Cheat". Then, enter one of the following codes to unlock the corresponding cheat option. Note: Each note or chord must be strummed during code entry. Press Green at the "Cheats" menu to turn off a particular cheat.

Hyperspeed mode

Press Orange, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Orange, Yellow. This code makes the charts faster. There are five Hyperspeed levels. Press Green at the Hyperspeed option on the "Cheats" menu to cycle through them., , and

Unlockables

Guitars

Bat: Get a "Five Star" rank on all the songs under the Easy difficulty in Career mode.

Distant Visitor: Complete Career mode under the Expert difficulty.

El Jefe: Get a "Five Star" rank on all the songs under the Expert difficulty in Career mode.

Jolly Roger: Get a "Five Star" rank on all the songs under the Medium difficulty in Career mode.

Nemesis 13: Complete Co-op Career mode under the Medium difficulty.

Moon Shot: Complete the game under the Easy difficulty.

Risk Assessment: Complete the game under the Expert difficulty setting.

Radioactive: Complete Co-op Career mode under the Hard difficulty.

Rojimbo: Complete the game under the Hard difficulty.

Saint George: Complete the game under the Medium difficulty.

Tiki Face: Get a "Five Star" rank on all songs under the Hard difficulty setting in Career mode.

Unfortunator: Buy Metalhead as a character for $10,000.

Basses

Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding bass.

Beach Life: Complete Co-op Mode under the Hard difficulty.

The Disposed Bass: Complete Co-op mode under the Medium difficulty with a "Five Star" rank on all songs.

Neversoft Skateboard: Complete Co-Op mode under the Expert difficulty with a "Five Star" rank on all songs.

PendulAxe: Complete Co-op Mode under the Expert difficulty.

Tiki Fortune 4: Complete Co-op Mode under the Easy difficulty.

Characters

Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding character. and

Elroy Budvis: Already available for purchase at the store for $10,000.

Lou: Successfully complete the game to purchase Lou for $15,000. Lou comes with his skeleton guitar.

MetalHead: Already available for purchase at the store for $10,000.

Slash: Defeat him in the Boss battle in Career mode to unlock him for purchase at the store for $10,000.

Tom Morello: Defeat him in the Boss battle in Career mode to unlock him for purchase at the store for $10,000.

"Through The Fire And Flames" song

Successfully complete Career mode to unlock "Through The Fire And The Flames" song by Dragonforce.

Alternately, defeat Lou to automatically unlock the "Through The Fire And Flames" song for free. and

Hints

Hammering on and pulling off:

Hammering On and Pulling Off happens when you can strum on one note and successfully hit the notes that come after it without using the strum bar. Look for the single notes with white rings on top instead of black rings. As long as you hit the previous note, you can hit the next note by pressing the correct fret button. This is especially useful on songs like Cult of Personality under the Hard difficulty setting.

Easy battle power survival

When in a battle (either online or in Career mode), if you are playing against your opponent under the same difficultly setting, when they attack you with their battle power, look at their side of the screen. The notes will be the same and easy to see.

Easy "Through The Fire And Flames"

On "Through The Fire And Flames", before you use Star Power, pause Game Play. Hold Select PlayStation2 PlayStation3 or Back Xbox 360 , and resume game play. By doing this, you will not miss as many notes if you are going for a "Five Star" rank.

In the Through The Fire And Flames introduction, before you start wrap a rubber band around Green. By doing this, you will not have to worry about holding Green; it does it for you. Make sure you press the other buttons quickly so that Green can register. If you hold the buttons as you do the hammer-ons, Green will not register, and you will fail.

Easy Online mode

During an online vs. match (Face Off), the meter bar in the middle of the screen shows who is winning by the most points. To get more points, hold the whammy bar down while you play. The whammy bar gets you more points on long notes, but on short ones it is hard to hit. Hold the whammy bar to get all of them.

Iron Maiden reference

"22 Acadia Avenue" is a song name by the band Iron Maiden. You can see this in the first venue of Career mode.

Predator reference

There is a reference to the movie Predator in the song "Helicopter". After playing the song, go to the "More Stats" screen, or to Practice mode and get to the screen where you choose what section to play. One of the sections in the song is called "Get Back To The Choppa!!!" which seems to be a reference to Arnold Schwarzenneger's line in Predator, when they are all running away from the Predator.

Troubleshooting the whammy bar

Try the following steps if your whammy bar does not work.

First, try calibrating the whammy bar. Go to "Options" at the main menu. Go to "Guitar", then to "Calibrate Whammy". Use your whammy bar a few times. If the drawing does not show a complete skeleton of the man pointing down at the woman, leave your whammy bar at its resting place (when not in use) then press Green. Use your whammy bar again. If it shows a complete picture, you are done. If it does not show a complete picture, proceed with the next method.

If the above resolution does not work, go to the "Home" menu. Go to "Wii Remote Settings". Then, go to "Reconnect". Press 1 + 2. Do not touch the whammy bar while doing this/ Your Wiimote should be reconnected and your whammy bar should work.

Alternate controls

When using as a Wiimote as a second controller, press the following buttons to emulate a guitar controller.